Savannah meadow-beauty

Rhexia alifanus

There are about a dozen species
of meadow-beauty native to Florida. This species, savannah meadow-beauty, occasionally
occurs in the savannas, flatwoods and bogs from the northern counties south to Orange county
(Wunderlin, 2003). This species is also found in the coastal states of the
southeastern U.S. from North Carolina to Texas (Kartesz, 1999). It blooms from
spring through summer.